Ludonarrative Dissidents

Dialect

August 24, 2026·55 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

DIALECT: A Game About Language And How It Dies is a 2018 single-session RPG by Hakan Seyalioglu and Kathryn Hymes, published by Thorny Games. It’s a game about a small community, isolated from larger groups, that first creates its own verbal forms to describe its situation, and then must adapt or lose them as the community reacts to external threats. It is critically acclaimed and a winner of multiple awards.Dialect at Thorny GamesDialect at WikipediaPreview sample of the Dialect rulebookRead the full show notes here.⁠Discuss this episode on our Discord.

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